There's been some initial contact between Scherzer and the Yankees, who could probably use some more certainty at the top of their rotation and may consider baseball's best free agent after initially planning not to do any headline-grabbing moves this winter.

Max Scherzer's gamble is about to pay off while Jon Lester eyes nine figures and Hanley Ramirez tries to see if floating a position switch is worth a few million. Here's how much the top free agents can expect this winter.